In some cases (like this one) it does. Basically there is precip system running up the coast which is going to hit the non-precip system presently over the mid-west and power it up.
You all get lake effect snow which we almost never see here. We get Nor’easters which you almost never see. It’s pretty rare that you get whacked with a storm and we get whacked by the same storm. It happens, but not all that often. Sometimes our coastal storms take a funky turn and head towards the Great Lakes and power back up and you all get hit, real hard.
But I agree, it’s winter. Shouldn’t be a big surprise. That said, I’m bringing in extra wood tonight and tomorrow.
It’s called an Alberta clipper up here.
Heh, where we are, we get both. The nor’easter smacks us one day, and then when it pulls off the coast, the winds swing around and we get lake effect off Lake Ontario 24-36 hours later.
The NWS here refers to it as the *classic one-two punch*.
When the Blizzard of 93 hit, we got 2-3 feet of snow from that and then another 2-3 feet of lake effect. Syracuse was pounded.
This storm looks to be far enough out to sea that we won’t see it, but they are forecasting 8-12 inches for Friday, which I suspect is from the storm out west. We’ll get the lake effect later anyway.